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Select one of the topics below to start your journey and explore what God has to say about that subject.
 Friends are incredibly important! God designed us for personal, intimate friendships, and He understands what an additional struggle it is to make and keep friends in a highly mobile environment like your military life. Dive in and check it out this subject of friendship! Get Started » |
 Where is God when you feel rejected or betrayed by your friends? Does He even care? Actually, Jesus experienced that exact thing - betrayal by a very close friend. Find out more of how God not only cares, but truly understands. Get Started » |
 The more quality time we spend with a friend, the better and deeper the relationship usually gets. God refers to a several people as friends in the Bible and Jesus calls his followers his friends. Is it possible to have a deep friendship with the Creator? Find out here. Get Started » |
 The influence of friends can literally have life and death consequences. Our friends help define who we really are; it is important to choose wisely. Discover what God has to say about your friendship choices. Get Started » |
 Intimacy in a relationship is more than sex, it involves faithfulness, deep understanding and commitment to another person. When we grasp that God created us for intimacy with Him and others, it can help us be better friends in the long run. Check it out. Get Started » |
 God understands the pain and loss we feel at the separation or loss of a friend. The Bible is full of stories of normal everyday people experiencing both the joys of life as well as the heartbreak that can also come along with it. You are clearly not alone here; find out how God views this pain we experience. Get Started » |
 What does a good friend look like? God has some excellent advice for us as we seek to make and be good friends. Find out more here. Get Started » |
 Some people say family and furniture are the only things that stay the same in the life of a military family, and sometimes even the furniture changes! That means that your family is of critical importance to your growth and development as a teenager. In fact, families play a primary role in developing our resilience as people, and that is especially true of military families. Get Started » |
 Officer or enlisted, everybody knows there’s a chain of command in the military. It’s one of the things that makes the military work. But what about the family? Should a military chain of command be imposed on the family? What about family discipline and structure? Does God’s Word have anything to say about this? Get Started » |
 The term ‘Father’ is used over and over in Scripture to describe God, and the word ‘children’ is used to describe us. Whether you’ve had a great father image or your father has been absent from your life or possibly even destructive, God wants to be your Father. And he wants you to be a member of his loving family, the church! Get Started » |
 Our first impressions of God are often connected to our relationship with our own father. Psychologists tell us that fathers are extremely important in a child’s development, especially teens! Good fathers build into our lives, demonstrate strong character and faith, and encourage us to take risks. Yet, many of us grow up without fathers because of divorce or deployments, so let’s take a look at some examples of a father’s impact – good and bad. Get Started » |
 Deployments are kinda like divorce – even if your family hasn’t experienced it directly, you surely know a friend’s family that is going through it. As a teen in a military family, chances are you’ve encountered separation and deployments and you have some pretty strong feelings about it. Keep diggin’ in here to discover if that’s normal and what you can do about it. Get Started » |
 Every family has struggles! Military families have some serious pressures on them these days, which can bring more arguments, hurt feelings and loneliness. Struggling families actually started with the first family ever recorded and has been going on ever since. God understands, not condones, this brokenness, and because he does, there is hope even in the midst of the messiness. Get Started » |
 Have you ever looked at the exchange or shoppette to find a Mother’s Day card, and actually found three or four that said what you wanted to say to your mom? Some are just funny and some more sentimental. It’s occasions like this that give us pause to consider how important our mothers are to us and our family. Moms offer encouragement, hope, love, and nurture, and the Scriptures tell us just what that looks like in any mom. Get Started » |
 The whole idea of a military family seems confusing. Some days I love my family. Other days I can’t stand to be around them. And other days I’m not really sure who my family is. What is family? What’s my role? Is there such a thing as an ‘ideal family?’ Ask 10 people and you’re likely to get 10 different answers. Dig in here and discover what family has meant to others throughout history and just how ‘normal’ your military family is. Get Started » |
 If you’re part of a military family, more than likely you are very familiar with PCS moves. You’ve been doing it most of your life. The only thing constant in your life is change! And ‘home?’ Well, your sense of place is more connected to family and relationships than it is to geographical location. Love it or hate it, you are a person on the move. Get Started » |
 You know the drill. You find out you’re PCSing, and something in your subconscious kicks in and tells you it will be easier to leave if you and your friends aren’t so close. So, somebody does something stupid to pick a fight and then someone gets angry and before you know it, distance develops between you, and then you leave! Seriously? God’s offers a better way to leave your friends. Get Started » |
 PCS: almost a four-letter word! “Moving day!” Those words spread either dread or excitement (or sometimes both) in the hearts of all military teens. Generally, they occur every 2-3 years and can involve a move almost anywhere in the world. How do you handle this news? What about your friends? Your school? Your God? Do any of them really care? Get Started » |
 Have you ever felt sad about PCSing- and excited at the same time? That seems so weird, and yet it’s pretty normal. There’s sadness over leaving the familiar where you are known, while excitement builds over a new place and a fresh beginning – but there’s the awkwardness of being the new kid – but you’re adaptable because of all the moves! Almost sounds schizophrenic! It’s not. It’s normal, and God is there in the midst of it all. Get Started » |
 “HA! HA! lol – Did you ask ‘where am I from?’ Everywhere and nowhere is my best answer! I’m a NOMAD. I wander. Home for me is more relational than “geographical.” Civilians often get identity from their geographical origin, but for military teens, it is usually very different. But maybe that question is more about your identity than your connection to a location. Ever wonder if God really gets how different your life is? Then read on! Get Started » |
 You’ve arrived at your new location! Finally, the move is over. Now what? How do you connect to a new place? Where do you start? Who will help you figure stuff out? Do you approach the task alone, ask for help, or ask to help someone else? Find out how others have dealt with this and what skills they developed in starting their new journey. Get Started » |
 Are you a cutter? A bully? A straight ‘A’ student? A sex addict? A fighter? A runner? A ‘screamo’ listener? A druggie? A crier? A gamer? A chain smoker? All of these ways are fairly common for military teens to use as quick-fixes in coping with feeling out of control. Is this how you survive when you’re told to ‘just deal?’ Your life isn’t easy, but quick-fixes are only that. Perhaps God offers us some long-term fixes that will last. Interested? Read on. Get Started » |
 It may be possible to live your whole life and never learn who you really are. Questions like “Who am I?” and “How do I fit in?” are very real. These lessons will focus on who we really are even when everything around us is changing. Jump in and start dealing with these questions! Get Started » |
 Identity is more than what your ID card says. Knowing where you come from (your origin) really helps us understand that. Jesus knew where He came from and that made Him intimately aware of who He was and where He was going. Check out how that can work for you as well. Get Started » |
 So, where do we come from? The story of Biblical creation versus evolution is a topic we are all familiar with. Take a step back and refresh your view on how we were made. Get Started » |
 Adam and Eve’s story of trading their friendship with God for worldly knowledge is the greatest tragedy in human history. The consequences of their mistake altered a perfect reality far different from what we see around us. Find out how their story affects your life today. Get Started » |
 Our character and identity is really about hundreds of small decisions we make every day as to who we will follow. Believe it or not, whoever has authority over you has a lot to do with your identity. Take the challenge to find out who that is for you. Get Started » |
 What if you discovered that your identity is wrapped up in the wrong ‘daddy’ and it may cost you your life? There are certain changes you can make to adjust your course. Find out what it might mean for you to have God as your true 'Daddy.' Get Started » |
 Our lives are sometimes referred to as a race (even though we don't always know where it will end). HOW we run the race speaks a lot about who we are and what we believe. This section discusses how faith gives us a certainty of things we hope for and provides encouragement for the trek. Get Started » |
